Latch.



H. BECK.

LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 11. I915.

1 2 7'1 Patented Dec. 12,1916.

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HENRY BECK, OF ANDREWS, INDIANA, ASSIGNQR TO WASM'UTH-ENDICOTT COMPANY,

. A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

LATCH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BECK, a citi- Zen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Andrews, in the county of Huntington and Stateof Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLatches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in latches of that class usedgenerally in securing hinged doors, such as those of cabinets,refrigerators, etc., and the object thereof is to provide a substantiallock having but few parts and which will present neatness in appearance.

Another object is to construct the look so that it will occupy but asmall amount'of space such as is available upon a narrow door-frame.

The above objects are accomplished by the construction illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of thelatch; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line 00a: of Fig.1; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the parts forming the base-plate andstud; Fig. 4: is a side elevation of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a front elevationof the cover; Fig. 6 is an elevation of the lock-bar; Fig. 7 is aperspective view of the locking device; and Fig. 8 is a perspective viewof the hook used in connection with the device.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and referring now to the same:

1 is a base-plate having a recess (2) therein and having also openings(3) extending therethrough. A stud (4) projects from the face of thebase-plate at a point adjacent the recess therein, the stud beingrigidly fixed to the plate. A lock-bar (5) having an opening (6) thereinis mounted loosely upon the stud at a point thereon adjacent thebase-plate, and has also in its rear end a re cess (7). A box-like cover(8) is secured to the base-plate, tongues (9) on the cover extendingthough the openings (3) in the plate to hold the same in place. The stud(t)extends through an opening (10) in the cover (8) and projects fromthe outer face thereof. The cover has also in one side a recess (11)through which the outer end of the lock-bar (5) extends, and has also inits Serial No. 66,250.

face an aperture (12) througli which an arm (13) of the handle (14)extends. The handle has a rounded hollow head (15) and is secured to theouter end of the stud by means of a pin (16) that extends through thewalls of the rounded head of the handle and through an opening (17) inthe stud. The inner end of the arm of the handle extends through therecess (7) in the lockbar and into the recess (2) in the base-plate andthe arm has also shoulders (18) that ex tend adjacent the face of thelock bar respectively above and below the recess (7 therein so that theinner end of the lockbar is thereby confined to a plane adjacent thebase-plate.

The device thus constructed is secured to a door adjacent its outeredge, and a plate (19) having an outwardly projecting hook (20) issecured to the j-amb so that as the door is closed the projecting end ofthe lockbar (5) will become engaged by the hook. The latch is operatedby pulling the handle outwardly, thus causing it to swing upon its pivotso that its inner arm in moving downwardly tilts the lock-bar upon itspivot and releases the lock-bar from the hook. Pulling outwardly uponthe handle has both the effect of releasing the latch and drawing thedoor open.

Nhat I claim is 1. In a latch, a base-plate having a rigid studprojecting therefrom; a lock-bar loosely mounted upon the stud at apoint adjacent the base plate; a handle pivoted to the outer end of thestud and having an arm that engages the lock-bar at one side of the studand actuates the same as the handle is swung upon its pivot; and a coversecured to the base-plate, having openings therein respectively for thearm on the handle and the projecting end of the lock-bar, said lock-barand handle being adapted to turn upon axes that extend respectively atright angles to each other.

2. In a latch, a base-plate having a rigid projectingstud; a handlepivoted upon the outer end of the stud and having an inwardly extendingarm; and a lock-bar loosely mounted upon the stud between the handle andadjacent face of the base-plate, and having actuated relation with thearm of the handle, said lock-bar and handle being adapted to turn uponaxes that extend mounted upon the pin and having an exrespeotively atright angles to each other. tendin arm engaging the lock-bar. 1O

3. In a latch, a base-plate having a rigid In testimony whereof I affixmy signature stud projecting therefrom; a lockbar in presence of tWoWitnesses.

mounted upon the stud and being adapted to HENRY BECK.

turn upon the axis thereof; a pin extending Witnesses:

through the outer end of the stud at right HAZEL ELLisoN,

angles to the aXis thereof; and a handle MARIE PARK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

